Information for participants of AWI expeditions
From the idea to the expedition
The AWI runs different research platforms and organizes scientific expeditions. In doing so it is subject to national and international laws, customs and freight regulations as well as international agreements. Our department of logistics and research platforms provides support to all participants planning an expedition.
Please follow the 3 steps to ensure a successful and smooth realization of your project:
Instructions:
Please fill in all forms carefully, completely and readably in order to avoid time consuming questions, misunderstandings and delays when preparing your expedition.
Please take care that all necessary forms are presented to AWI logistics in due course. In case that any documents are missing or submitted too late your equipment might not be processed in due time, or, in the worst case, you will not be allowed to take part in the expedition.
In case of questions do not hesitate to contact the chief scientist of your expedition or the persons in charge in the logistics department.
Some specially marked forms must be submitted to AWI logistics as signed original - scanned email versions are not accepted. For details please see the mandatory deadlines list.
General forms valid for most expeditions
Not necessary for expeditions with Polarstern, Heincke, Uthörn, MYA II, Aade, Diker.
Except applications for the use of UAS, UAV, etc.
Personal questionnaire
- To be filled in for every single expedition.
- AWI employees have to attach a copy of their "Dienstreiseantrag"
- The questionnaire must be send as a signed original by mail to AWI-Logistics.
- The questionnaire must be signed by your employer. At the AWI that is your superior/leader of the scientific section.
Download personnal questionnaire
Attention:
For POLARSTERN-Expeditions the personnal questionnaire is no longer necessary starting with PS113. The required information must be entered online into the new ExpeditionInterfaceSystem (EIS).
Participants will be invited to join via email.
Medical questionnaire
- a medical examination according to medical questionnaire (MQ), well before the expedition, is mandatory for all participants.
- the AWI medical officer decides whether a participant is suitable to take part in an expedition.
- the checkup is valid for 12 months and has to be repeated thereafter, if necessary. Irrespective of this, the anamnesis sheet (pages 1-6) must be completed before each expedition and presented to the AWI medical officer.
- the participant is responsible for finishing the checkup - including all additional examinations in accordance with the AWI medical officer - in due time before expedition, which means: not earlier than 6 months and not later than 4 weeks before start of each expedition.
- a participant must not take part in an expedition without the approval of the AWI medical officer.
German participants
- the AWI medical officer is the relevant authority for AWI employees
- all other participants are asked to see the AWI medical officer if possible. Otherwise they can turn to their GP (with MQ) and have to bear the costs themselves.
- please send the MQ and the findings of your GP to the AWI medical officer only (via mail or fax).
Foreign participants
- all foreign participants are recommended to see the AWI medical officer if possible. Otherwise they can turn to their GP (with MQ) and have to bear the costs themselves.
- Please send the MQ and the findings of your GP to the AWI medical officer only (via mail or fax).
Address of the AWI medical service:
Werksarztzentrum Fischereihafen
Am Lunedeich 115
D-27572 Bremerhaven
Tel.: 0471 - 986 931-00
Fax: 0471 - 986 931-01
Download medical questionnaire (MQ)
Download medical questionnaire (MQ) PS122-MOSAiC
Release from liability
The formerly required release from liability is not necessary any more.
Declaration of the employer
for employees from German institutions only, see german site
Clothing Store - Polar clothes
How you get your polar clothing:
You can find the clothing list for each region to travel in section 2 (specific forms and information). Please download the list, open it on you computer and fill in the information. Send it as PDF scan (external user) or as hard copy (AWI employers) to you PI, who will send the lists of all participants of the project to the logistics secretary, c/o Beate Kuhlmann-Treu.
Your list will be approved, signed and forwarded to the clothing store.
After that, please arrange an appointment for fitting and pick up at the clothing store (contact details below)
For special requirements, that are not on the clothing list, please contact logistics department or clothing store.
Contact persons in the department logitsics and research platforms of AWI:
Dr. Eberhard Kohlberg
Dirk Mengedoht
Contact persons at the clothing store:
Maik Johanns
Mathias Meyer
Dienstleistungsgruppe AWI
Elbe-Weser-Werkstätten
Heinrich-Brauns-Straße 8
27578 Bremerhaven
Tel.: +49-471-926898-323
Fax: +49-471-926898-332
dgawi@eww.de
How to find the clothing store?
Routemap
Bremerhavenbus: 501 (express bus), 502, 503 und 508
Stop: "Hans-Böckler-Str./Bad 1"
Opening hours:
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 8:00–16:00
- Wednesday: 8:00–15:30
- Friday: 8:00–13:00
- Lunch break: daily 12:00–12:30
UAS, UAV, flightsystems, "drones"
Unmanned aerial vehicles or systems may only be used during AWI expeditions and at AWI infrastructures with a permit issued by the AWI department Operations and Infrastructures. Please contact Tobias.Boebel@awi.de for applications and information.
Contact:
Alfred-Wegener-Institut
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-
und Meeresforschung
Logistik & Forschungsplattformen
Am Alten Hafen 26
27568 Bremerhaven
Specific forms and information
Antarctica - Neumayer Station III, Kohnen Station + ANT-Land
For expedition participants:
Template DROMLAN label 2019/20
For project leader:
Template project proposal ANT-Land
Antarctic - Dallmann laboratory
For further information, please contact Dirk Mengedoht
For project leader:
Project application form
(Deadline 15th May 2017)
Freight label Bremerhaven → Dallmann Laboratory
Freight label Dallmann Laboratory → Bremerhaven
Freight delivery at AWI Handelshafen 12.09.2019
Freight documents until 30.08.2019 to Transport@awi.de
Arctic - AWIPEV
Arctic - Samoylov
The following background information about Siberia and Samoylov, converning the journy and the stay on the island is especially destined for those planning a reaserch stay at Samoylov station.
General information
Samoylovsky island where the station lies is situated in the large Lena delta. This river delta system is the largest of its kind on the total circum-Arctic mainland. It is situated at the Laptev Sea coast between Taimyr peninsula and the New Siberian islands. The next city is Tiksi.
Journey
There is a helicopter connection between Tiksi and Samoylov that takes 45 minutes. Alternatively there is a ship connecting Tiksi and the island which needs about 12 hours. Tiksi can be reached by airplane from Moscow or Jakutsk.
Geographical poisition
Samoylovsky island is situated at a geographical position of 72.2° N and 126.9° E.
Time zone
Samoylov is situated in the time zone UTC (CET) +9 hours. In summer, the middle European summer time CEST +9 hours resp. UTC +10 hours is used.
Energy supply
Energy supply in Russia and on Samoylovsky island is similar to that in Europe. Plug sockets on Samoylov are identical with the European ones. As Russian plug are a bit bigger that those usual in Europe it is possible that German plugs might not fit Russian plug sockets. Electricity at the station is produced by mean of a few Diesel generators and a small wind generator.
Telephone and email
The station disposes of a fixed satellite connection and WLAN. It can be reached on the phone via a Moscow fixed network number. In addition there are satellite telephones for emergency cases.
Drinking water
Drinking water is pumped from a near by lake. The new station has an own drinking water treatment plant and a waste water purification system.
Washing
The station is equipped with several showers that may be used permanently, as well as an electrical sauna. Moreover, the old "banja" is fired about twice a week. The new station is provoded with a washhouse with two washing machines and tumble dryers each.
Kitchen
The kitchen is completely furnished for the provision of all station employees and expedition participants. The cooking is done by an employed cook.
Midnight sun/Polar night
The sun does not got down from end of April to beginning of August. Total darkness prevails from mid November until end of January, when the sun is situated more than -8° underneath the horizon.
Seasons
Winter: dark, cold, sown coverage (December until February)
Spring: bright cold, snow coverage (march until May)
Summer: bright warm, humid, mud/rain (June until August)
Autumn: it is getting darker and cooler, rain/snow (September until November)
Practical information
Outdoor clothing
Particular clothing is needed for polar areas in winter and spring. Temperatures of less than -30°C require special attention when staying outdoors. Even in summer and autumn winter clothing like caps, gloves and warm coats are needed. Climate conditions are then to be compared with those in middle European autumn and winter. During this period, waterproof shoes are essential for land excursions. Because of the superficially thawing permafron soil the ground is very sludgy in July and August. For longer stays outdoor it is important to wear sunglasses of high quality in the bright seaon, because otherwise your eyes might be seriously damaged by the combination of snow covered ground and brillant sunshine.
Indoor clothing
The station building is well heated. Please bring your own indoor slippers to help keeping the rooms clean and dry.
Other Shoreexpeditions
Polar 5 & Polar 6
For the participation in a measuring flight campaign the "general forms" are needed. In addition, a "sea survival" is compulsory when taking part in measuring flights oer water.
For measuring flight campaigns in Antarctica, you must have participated in an "environmental seminar for Antarctica", moreover it is recommended to take part in a course for adequate behaviour in the mountains ("Bergkurs")
Outside of Antarctica, the PI needs to obtain all necessary national permits.
Polarstern
Expedition participants:
- Deadlines:
Antarctic 2018/2019: PS120
Arktic 2019 / 2020: PS121, PS122: see weekly mailupdates - EIS - Expedition Interface System
- Map of Polarstern
- General arrangement plan Polarstern
- Polarstern-Wiki
- 360 degr. tour
- Clothinglist PS122 - MOSAiC
- Clothinglist Polarstern (PS123)
Chief scientists:
Heincke
Information and documents are only available in German:
Documents from the general part at the top of this page are not necessary for Heincke expeditions, except the application for the use of drones.
Uthörn, Mya II, Aade, Diker
Information and documents are only available in German:
UTHÖRN:
MYA II, AADE, DIKER:
Diese Schiffe werden nach den Anforderungen vor Ort eingesetzt.
Bitte wenden Sie sich an den jeweiligen Stationskoordinator auf Helgoland, bzw. Sylt.
Die Dokumente aus dem Allgemeinen Teil, oben auf dieser Seite sind für Fahrten auf den Schiffen Uthörn, Mya II, Aade und Diker nicht nötig.
Contact:
Ships:
Marius Hirsekorn
Hicham Rafiq
Nina Machner
Stations, Shoreexpeditions:
Dirk Mengedoht
Christine Wesche
Clothing store:
Dirk Mengedoht
Eberhard Kohlberg
Reports:
Christine Wesche
Dirk Mengedoht
Medical coordination:
Tim Heitland
Eberhard Kohlberg
Polar aircraft:
Martin Gehrmann
Silke Henkel
General Information
General
General:
- Freight handling
- Customs issues
- Insurance. (Accident & Health)
- Richtlinie zum umweltgerechten Verhalten (German only)
Please read the information carefully to be well prepared. If you have any questions regarding your expedition please contact one of the above mentioned.